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2016

John Richardson on CTV’s Power Play

Host Don Martin interviews John Richardson about citizenship issues for Canadian residents with U.S. nationality on February 10, 2016.

The Truth About FATCA
Feb 11, 2016
Jim Jatras interviewed on February 11, 2016 by IRS Medic discussing the ridiculousness of FATCA. Jim is an attorney and a Washington based government and media specialist who was previously a US diplomat and US Senate staffer. He is the editor of repealfatca.com

These videos were made on February 14, 2015 for submission to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, who was tax reform. There are 7 accounts that document the harm that U.S. punitive tax policy inflicts on U.S. Citizens Abroad. Listen to Ruth, Peter, Mike, Marilyn, Linda, Katie and Barbara speak on how their lives are affected by citizenship-based taxation.

Tax Notes Live interview with Professor Allison Christians

On November 22, 2015, Professor Allison Christians interviewed with Robert Goulder of Tax Analysts/Tax Notes.

2014

Finance Committee Hearings on FATCA

What follows are real excerpts from testimony given to your Members of Parliament, by real witnesses, to the House Finance Committee on May 13 and 14, 2014 and statements by Committee MPs and the vote on amendments on May 29, 2014. Some of the main presenters were Lynne Swanson, John Richardson, Professor Allison Christians, Professor Arthur Cockfield, Max Reed, NDP MP Murray Rankin, NDP MP Nathan Cullen, LPC MP Scott Brison, LPC MP Ted Hsu, and GPC MP Elizabeth May.

In effect, the Government of Canada has, with the full support of Canada’s banks, agreed that the United States will run the show in Canada.
“Congress has spoken” for Canada’s Parliament.

John Richardson held a “Solving US Citizenship Problems” program in Montreal on Tuesday, September 23, 2014; this clip is an excerpt from that program.

2013

2012

FATCA – The Worldwide End of Bank Secrecy?

On June 27th, 2012 the Swiss CFA Society held a debate at the CS Forum in Geneva. For biographies of the participants, please see here. Of particular interest are J. Richard (Dick) Harvey Jr, the architect of FATCA and Jacqueline Bugnion, (former) Executive Committee Member of American Citizens Abroad (ACA).